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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Last year I wrote a blog post about the coverage that ABC News gave to the idea of buying American products. It seemed so simple. So obvious. But it wasn't. So many of us in the United States weren't even paying attention to where the products that we bought were made. To the detriment of our economy and many jobs. Outsourcing happened right under our noses and we didn't seem to notice.

The average American will spend almost $750 on holiday gifts and goodies
this year, totaling more than $586 billion, the National Retail
Federation estimates.If each of us spent just $66 on American-made goods during our holiday shopping, the result would be 200,000 new jobs.

Something to think about. Just spending $66.00 on gifts made in the United States could create almost a quarter of a million new jobs. Will you be looking at the labels more closely this season and trying to buy American?